Women's Lacrosse

Women's Lacrosse Debuts on ACC Network Thursday

ACC Network (ACCN), the 24/7 national platform dedicated to ACC sports, begins its women's lacrosse at 7 p.m. Thursday with Louisville at No. 1-ranked North Carolina. ACCN will showcase the ACC’s women’s lacrosse programs with unprecedented national television coverage this spring.

ACCN will exclusively televise 15 women’s lacrosse games this spring, marking the most national television coverage ever for ACC women’s lacrosse. Additionally, ACC Network Extra (ACCNX), ACCN’s digital platform available on the ESPN App, will carry 59 women’s contests throughout the spring.

“Continuing with our commitment to elevate coverage of all ACC sponsored sports, we are excited to feature extensive coverage of both men’s and women’s lacrosse on ACCN,” said Stacie McCollum, ESPN vice president of programming and acquisitions. “ACCN will showcase the best lacrosse teams in the country each week, including reigning men's national champion Virginia, and in a dedicated window on Thursday nights. The ACC has a longstanding tradition of success in lacrosse and the network will provide an opportunity to deliver more games than ever to its passionate fan base.”

Thursday Night Lacrosse on ACCN
ACC Network will debut a new dedicated night of live lacrosse programming – Thursdays – starting on March 5. Overall, three women’s games will be featured on Thursday nights throughout the spring.

Thursday night women’s lacrosse features: Louisville at North Carolina (March 5, 7 p.m.), Syracuse at Virginia (March 12, 7 p.m.) and Virginia at Virginia Tech (April 16, 7 p.m.).

ACC Championship Coverage on ACCN
ACCN will feature championship coverage women’s lacrosse, including all seven games of the ACC Women’s Lacrosse Championship (April 22, 24, 26) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Commentators
Play by play commentators for women’s coverage include John Brickley, Mike Corey and Leah Secondo.

Women’s game analysts include:
  • Sheehan Stanwick-Burch – four-time All-American at Georgetown, team captain in 2001; named National Attacker of the Year (2001) and was a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award in the same year
  • Dana Boyle – Two-year lacrosse letterwinner at Virginia
  • Rachel DeCecco – Princeton grad; senior vice president of Women’s Professional Lacrosse League
  • Courtney Martinez – Four-time national champion at Maryland (1998-2001)
  • Halley Quillinan – Former Syracuse standout; fourth player to record 200 career points and third on all-time list in scored goals (174)
  • Jon “Stugotz” Weiner – the co-host on The Dan LaBatard Show with Stugotz will make a number of in-game appearances during the season; named to Pilgrim League All-Star team during his playing days at Clark University (1992-1995)
Strength of ACC Spring Sport Programs
The ACC men’s and women’s lacrosse programs have set the standard of excellence for their peers in college athletics. The ACC combines for 25 men’s lacrosse and 16 women’s lacrosse NCAA titles. Virginia won its sixth NCAA men’s lacrosse championship in 2019, while the ACC sent multiple teams to the NCAA women’s lacrosse championship weekend in six of past seven seasons.